UPDATE (May 2011): As I see it now, this article is written with a very limited knowledge and understanding. I have grown significantly since then. The readers should know that I no more consider the article important, and as such, comments on this article will NOT be replied to.
This article might give some pain to pet owners, because it tells why we should not keep a pet. In fact, I believe it’s a crime, a sin, to own an animal; even if that is in the form of a pet. Here pet does not mean your street dog which you occasionally feed and take care of. By pet, I mean that animal which you "buy" from the market; exotic breeds, which are shipped across the world from their natural habitat.
It is not right to keep a pet.
My first point is that humans do not have the right to own a creature. Just as we humans would not think it fair to be controlled by some other powerful creature; it is not fair that you control any other life. Every creature has a right to independence, just as we human like to think we do.
Many of the pet owners are under a grave misunderstanding that they are giving the creature a better life. They are so caring, and they think if their pet did not have an owner like them then it won’t be such happy in its life. I would not blame those pet owners for such thinking, for it seems they really have good intentions towards the other creature. The problem is with human thinking. Humans always think small. Let me tell you one thing straight. Humans are living the most miserable, most destructive and the worst life on this planet. Tomorrow if the world is fully destroyed (which has already started happening) the reasons lie in thoughtless human activities like pollution, global warming, and relentless exhaustion of resources (not to mention inter-human fights, and wars!). At every step of the life humans are defying Nature’s laws and making their own life and the whole world worse. This clearly shows that humans, despite having so-called intelligence, can not even understand themselves, their own world, their own wants and desires and what is good for them. How can they ever imagine that they understand what is better for the other creature? First we have to be the best species on the planet then we can think of giving some other a better life. God is the creator of all, and He gives everyone the best lives. Humans should not look at God's world with their own spectacles. When you think you will give some creature a better life you defy God’s will. It means an insult to God, because God has already given the best setting for every creature. It is when humans have stepped out of the God’s world and taken control in their own hands the world has started paying the cost.
Just imagine, how can you decide what is comfortable for the animal? You like sleeping in bed. Does that mean your dog likes it too? What about its desire and the right to be with its own species? What about its sexual instincts? It should mate when you want puppies; or starve of sex if (God forbid!) you don’t want puppies! It should go out and play when your schedule allows. Should eat when you eat, sleep when you sleep. These are just some examples. There are countless things that don’t go common for human life and animal life that we humans are not even capable of imagining.
Some pet owners say their pet likes their love and the comfortable life they have given it. But even if a pet likes the life you are giving it, it is harming it in an indirect way. Comfort is something that everyone likes, and the same might be the case with your dog. It might love living in your house comfortably. But if you think deep you should understand that comfort makes one weak. Just look at ourselves. How weak we are today, compared to our primates. This is because we have done away with the natural struggle of life like, the struggle of looking for food, protecting ourselves from predators etc. Today we are living a very sophisticated life and so no need for such exercise. Even if we have become weak today we can more or less live with it because our life does not require that physical power anymore. But the animal that you own is not a human, and the life you are giving it is not natural for it. You should understand that the species needs the ability to struggle with their natural environment. By giving some creature a comfortable life you are changing its composure from what is intended for it by Nature. It might like the comfort, but it is not good for long survival of the species.
In truth, most of the people keep a pet for their own entertainment and wellbeing or because it’s in fashion. Whatever the case, I believe if you leave the creature in its natural setting then there can not be a better life for it. Humans just have to broaden their perspective. Nature is great. By defying Nature we are suffering. Take this as a lesson and do not deprive another creature of its natural life.
This article might give some pain to pet owners, because it tells why we should not keep a pet. In fact, I believe it’s a crime, a sin, to own an animal; even if that is in the form of a pet. Here pet does not mean your street dog which you occasionally feed and take care of. By pet, I mean that animal which you "buy" from the market; exotic breeds, which are shipped across the world from their natural habitat.
It is not right to keep a pet.
My first point is that humans do not have the right to own a creature. Just as we humans would not think it fair to be controlled by some other powerful creature; it is not fair that you control any other life. Every creature has a right to independence, just as we human like to think we do.
Many of the pet owners are under a grave misunderstanding that they are giving the creature a better life. They are so caring, and they think if their pet did not have an owner like them then it won’t be such happy in its life. I would not blame those pet owners for such thinking, for it seems they really have good intentions towards the other creature. The problem is with human thinking. Humans always think small. Let me tell you one thing straight. Humans are living the most miserable, most destructive and the worst life on this planet. Tomorrow if the world is fully destroyed (which has already started happening) the reasons lie in thoughtless human activities like pollution, global warming, and relentless exhaustion of resources (not to mention inter-human fights, and wars!). At every step of the life humans are defying Nature’s laws and making their own life and the whole world worse. This clearly shows that humans, despite having so-called intelligence, can not even understand themselves, their own world, their own wants and desires and what is good for them. How can they ever imagine that they understand what is better for the other creature? First we have to be the best species on the planet then we can think of giving some other a better life. God is the creator of all, and He gives everyone the best lives. Humans should not look at God's world with their own spectacles. When you think you will give some creature a better life you defy God’s will. It means an insult to God, because God has already given the best setting for every creature. It is when humans have stepped out of the God’s world and taken control in their own hands the world has started paying the cost.
Just imagine, how can you decide what is comfortable for the animal? You like sleeping in bed. Does that mean your dog likes it too? What about its desire and the right to be with its own species? What about its sexual instincts? It should mate when you want puppies; or starve of sex if (God forbid!) you don’t want puppies! It should go out and play when your schedule allows. Should eat when you eat, sleep when you sleep. These are just some examples. There are countless things that don’t go common for human life and animal life that we humans are not even capable of imagining.
Some pet owners say their pet likes their love and the comfortable life they have given it. But even if a pet likes the life you are giving it, it is harming it in an indirect way. Comfort is something that everyone likes, and the same might be the case with your dog. It might love living in your house comfortably. But if you think deep you should understand that comfort makes one weak. Just look at ourselves. How weak we are today, compared to our primates. This is because we have done away with the natural struggle of life like, the struggle of looking for food, protecting ourselves from predators etc. Today we are living a very sophisticated life and so no need for such exercise. Even if we have become weak today we can more or less live with it because our life does not require that physical power anymore. But the animal that you own is not a human, and the life you are giving it is not natural for it. You should understand that the species needs the ability to struggle with their natural environment. By giving some creature a comfortable life you are changing its composure from what is intended for it by Nature. It might like the comfort, but it is not good for long survival of the species.
In truth, most of the people keep a pet for their own entertainment and wellbeing or because it’s in fashion. Whatever the case, I believe if you leave the creature in its natural setting then there can not be a better life for it. Humans just have to broaden their perspective. Nature is great. By defying Nature we are suffering. Take this as a lesson and do not deprive another creature of its natural life.
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